Abstract

VERDY MARTINEZ, Fernando Alberto; ONATE MARTINEZ, Dennis Santiago; MALDONADO MANZANO, Rosa Leonor  and  MOLINA MANZO, Alexandra Dolores. Environmental education in the illegal sale of urban fauna in the City of Babahoyo. Conrado [online]. 2022, vol.18, n.88, pp. 318-327.  Epub Oct 27, 2022. ISSN 1990-8644.

Nowadays there are different ways of destroying the environment, but when we refer to urban fauna, we immediately relate it to life and therefore it must be respected and above all valued by society, which must comply with the rights established for living beings that inhabit the planet. Therefore, when talking about urban fauna, emphasis is also placed on environmental education, which has become an instrument that allows man to participate in the prevention, control and surveillance of illegal trafficking and mistreatment of fauna. The infringement of the rights of urban fauna has led to the implementation of different sanctions resulting in deprivation of liberty or economic sanctions. The present study aims to determine the scope of environmental education to prevent animal abuse and the illegal sale of urban fauna in the city of Babahoyo through a qualitative-quantitative research modality using surveys. The results showed that the population of Babahoyo does not know the regulations governing the rights of wildlife and has a low level of environmental education. As solutions, training is proposed to achieve a responsible ecological behavior in society.

Keywords : Illegal wildlife trafficking; Ecological behavior, Environmental education.

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